National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

Plot Summary

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

Top Cast

Tom Hiddleston Caius Martius Coriolanus

Mark Gatiss Menenius Agrippa

Deborah Findlay Volumnia

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen Virgilia

Elliot Levey Junius Brutus